Severely and fatally injured rear seat car passengers (oais ≥ 2) in Switzerland during 1976

Walz, Felix H.; Sprenger, Hans J.; Niederer, Peter F.

Affiliations

¹Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland

²Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

Results of a one year field study on injured rear seat car passengers sponsored by the Swiss Federal Police Administration are presented. In view of the aims of the study listed below, the investigations were confined to cases with an OAIS ≥ 2. Among the 2115 injured backseat passengers with an OAIS ≥ 1 registred by the Swiss Federal Bureau of Statistics in 1976, 371 could be identified with OAIS ≥ 2. Since all accidents involving injuries are to be reported to the Bureau of Statistics by the police the sample can be regarded as complete.

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